Nobleford is a village in southern Alberta

Southern Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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 and serves primarily as bedroom community of Lethbridge

Lethbridge

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. It is located 32 km (19 mi) north of the city of Lethbridge.

History

The hamlet of Noble was established in 1909. It was named after Charles S. Noble

Charles Sherwood Noble

Charles Sherwood Noble invented a minimum disturbance cultivator called the Noble blade. The Noble blade cuts weed roots beneath the soil surface without turning the soil over, thus reducing topsoil loss due to wind erosion...

, who owned much land in the area and built many of the local buildings. In 1910, Noble moved his family to the area from Claresholm

Claresholm, Alberta

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. The hamlet was renamed Nobleford in 1913, in order to differentiate from a town in Ontario

Ontario

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In 1918, Nobleford was incorporated as a village with a population of 100, and its first mayor was Noble.

A major employer in Nobleford from the 1930s to 1998 was a cultivator

Cultivator

A cultivator is any of several types of farm implement used for secondary tillage. One sense of the name refers to frames with teeth that pierce the soil as they are dragged through it linearly. Another sense refers to machines that use rotary motion of disks or teeth to accomplish a similar result...

 factory established by Charles Noble, manufacturing variations of the Noble blade. This reduced-tillage plow was designed to cut weed roots below the soil surface without greatly disturbing the soil, thus minimizing moisture loss in the dry, windy climate of southern Alberta.

Government

The village is governed by a council composed of a mayor, a deputy mayor, and three councillors.

Demographics

The population of the Village of Nobleford according to its 2009 municipal census is 877.

In 2006, Nobleford had a population of 689 living in 228 dwellings

House

A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...

, a 13.0% increase from 2001. The village has a land area of 1.17 km² (0.451739525553266 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 of 589.9 /km2.

Transportation

Nobleford is located on Highway 519, just east of Highway 23. It is also serviced by rail and Greyhound

Greyhound Lines of Canada

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 bus service.

Education

The village is served by Nobleford Central School, a K-12 public school that opened in 1949. It employs 15 teachers and several teaching assistants, and provides education to many of the children in the village and the surrounding rural area.

Amenities

The Community Complex is one of the more popular recreational facilities in Nobleford. It houses a curling rink, a large meeting room and an auditorium; it is used for such events as dances weddings and various sports.

In addition, Nobleford is home to three baseball diamonds, two soccer fields, a climbing wall, a tennis court, a skating rink, a skate park and a picnic shelter and barbecue.

Nearby Keho Lake is a popular recreational destination, most well known among windsurfers and kiteboarders, and an important agricultural water reservoir. Anglers also frequent the lake, in which northern pike

Northern Pike

The northern pike , is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox...

, walleye

Walleye

Walleye is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European pikeperch...

, and burbot

Burbot

The burbot is the only gadiform fish inhabiting freshwaters. It is also known as mariah, the lawyer, and eelpout. It is closely related to the marine common ling and the cusk...

 can be found. Adjacent to the lake is a nine-hole golf course.

External links

• Official website